You know what I struggle with these days. In a word? Procrastination.
Procrastination is the failure to do the right thing at the right time.
For most of us our problem is not that we don’t know what to do. Our problem is not that we deliberately refuse to do what we ought to do. We just don’t get around to doing it. I’m preaching to myself today, but here’s a few things I’ve found helpful.
1. Give Up Perfection
One of the strongest links to procrastination is perfectionism. My friend Jon Acuff calls this the procrastinating perfectionist. Jon says, “90% perfect and shared with the world always changes more lives than 100% perfect and stuck in your head.”
Eccl. 11:4 “If you wait for perfect conditions, you’ll never get anything done.”
Stop waiting for…
The perfect day.
The perfect plan.
The perfect reason.
The perfect person.
If you wait for perfection to pursue, it will always paralyze.
2. Buddy Up
Go public with your dreams. The longer I stay quiet about something God has prompted me to do, the more likely I am not to do it.
The longer you live with a God prompt, the more content you become with not following it.
3. Ruthlessly Prioritize
I must decide what really matters. This is a choice of the heart. I want to live so that my life reflects my values. So that when people look at me, they know what is really important to me.
Psalm 90:12 “Teach us to number our days so that we may grow in wisdom.”
Today is a gift. I’m not promised or owed tomorrow. It’s a gift.
